Rockstar’s cowboy basic Red Dead Redemption is now cleared for launch on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
A brand new ESRB rating has popped up for Red Dead Redemption on trendy consoles (the place it would come rated M for Mature, due to blood and gore, intense violence, nudity, robust language, robust sexual content material and use of medicine).
The ranking additionally mentions “zombies”, seemingly referring to the video games’ beloved Undead Nightmare growth — so followers ought to most likely anticipate this to come too.
Rockstar is but to make this new model of Red Dead Redemption official, but it surely does now have 12 months to fill since the newest delay to Grand Theft Auto 6 — which is now slated for launch November 19, 2026.
Initially launched again in 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Red Dead Redemption is now additionally formally accessible for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC. After all, you possibly can play the PS4 model on PS5 (and the Xbox 360 model on Xbox Series X/S) however no native model for contemporary consoles exists, but.
(After all, no trendy console model of Red Dead Redemption 2 exists but both, however one factor at a time.)
Earlier this month, Rockstar was criticized by followers and staff alike after it fired greater than 30 employees it mentioned had leaked confidential firm particulars. Staff organized a bodily protest exterior Rockstar workplaces in response, and greater than 200 staff signed an open letter that alleged the job losses had been an try at union busting.
All fired employees are believed to have been members of the Impartial Staff’ Union of Nice Britain (IWGB) union members, organized through an exterior Discord channel. This week, the IWGB confirmed it had filed a authorized declare in opposition to Rockstar — to which the corporate is but to reply.
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